Old Cumbria Gazetteer - Raughton Head, Dalston

Raughton Head, Dalston

Raughton Head

Raffton Heed

civil parish:-

Dalston (formerly Cumberland)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

locality

locality type:-

buildings

coordinates:-

NY37984542 (etc)

1Km square:-

NY3745

10Km square:-

NY34

evidence:-

old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 30 15)
placename:- Raughtonhead

source data:-

Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25 inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948.

evidence:-

old map:- Saxton 1579
placename:- Raughtonhead Chapel

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorlandiae et Cumberlandiae Comitatus ie Westmorland and Cumberland, scale about 5 miles to 1 inch, by Christopher Saxton, London, engraved by Augustinus Ryther, 1576, published 1579-1645.

Sax9NY44.jpg
Building, symbol for a hamlet, which may or may not have a nucleus. "Raughtonhead chap:"
item:- private collection : 2
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evidence:-

old map:- Mercator 1595 (edn?)
placename:- Raughtonhead Chapelry

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, Northumbria, Cumberlandia, et Dunelmensis Episcopatus, ie Northumberland, Cumberland and Durham etc, scale about 6.5 miles to 1 inch, by Gerard Mercator, Duisberg, Germany, about 1595.

MER8CumC.jpg
"Raughtonhead chap."
circle
item:- JandMN : 169
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evidence:-

old map:- Speed 1611 (Cmd)
placename:- Raughtonhead Chapel

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, Cumberland and the Ancient Citie Carlile Described, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by John Speed, 1610, published by J Sudbury and George Humble, Popes Head Alley, London, 1611-12.

SP11NY44.jpg
"Raughtonhead Chap."
circle, tower
item:- private collection : 16
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evidence:-

old map:- Jansson 1646
placename:- Raughtonhead Chappell

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, Cumbria and Westmoria, ie Cumberland and Westmorland, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Jansson, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1646.

JAN3NY44.jpg
"Raughtonhead cap"
Building and tower with cross.
item:- JandMN : 88
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evidence:-

old map:- Seller 1694 (Cmd)
placename:- Raughtonhead

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 12 miles to 1 inch, by John Seller, 1694.

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SEL9.jpg
"Raughtonhead"
circle, italic lowercase text; settlement or house
item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.89
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evidence:-

old map:- Morden 1695 (Cmd)
placename:- Raughton Chapel

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Robert Morden, 1695, published by Abel Swale, the Unicorn, St Paul's Churchyard, Awnsham, and John Churchill, the Black Swan, Paternoster Row, London, 1695-1715.

MD12NY44.jpg
"Raughton Chap"
Circle.
item:- JandMN : 90
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evidence:-

old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
placename:- Raughtonhead Chapel

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, A New Map of the Counties of Cumberland and Westmoreland Divided into their Respective Wards, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Emanuel Bowen and Thomas Kitchin et al, published by T Bowles, Robert Sayer, and John Bowles, London, 1760.

BO18NY34.jpg
"Raughtonhead Ch."
circle, tower
item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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evidence:-

old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:- Raughton Head

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, Map of the Lake District of Cumberland, Westmoreland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, and by R Groombridge, 5 Paternoster Row, London, 3rd edn 1843.

FD02NY34.jpg
"Raughton Hd."
item:- JandMN : 100.1
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evidence:-

old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:- Haughton Head

source data:-

Map of the English Lakes, in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1850s-60s.